I have agreed to be one of the actors participating in a 24-hour fund-raiser at The Arts Project [T.A.P.] this weekend. Actors, writers, and directors will gather on Friday evening to be randomly assigned to four different groups or temporary theatre companies; then the writers will be given a topic and will write one-act plays overnight (while the actors and directors sleep!). The four different groups then meet at 8am on Saturday, receive their scripts, rehearse all day, and perform the plays at The Arts Project that evening. At the same time, five or six artists will be working all night to create works representing or inspired by the same topic; their work will be auctioned off on Saturday evening (via silent auction).
Proceeds from the art auction and the theatre tickets are all going to help support The Arts Project. I attended this event last year and had a wonderful time as a spectator. I'm thrilled to be a part of it this year. And they are offering a pretty good special: for $35 you can buy a membership AND a ticket to the theatre events. The combination is a rather substantial savings over the two items purchased separately.
For more details, see this.
[no disclaimer. I'm not on the Board of T.A.P., and I don't work or exhibit there. I have performed in several plays there, and I have attended quite a few others. It is a wonderful addition to the theatre and arts community to have this excellent space (a former shoe store) available downtown.]